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' Let-ters .Pate-nt No, 61,040, dated January S, 1867.

IMPROVEMENT IN CULTIVATORS.

To ALL WHoi rr MAY concerns:n

Be it known that I, HENRY BARSALOW, of. Saint Anne, inthc county ofKankakee, and State of Illinois, have invented al new and improvedCultivator; and I do'hereby declare that the following is a full, clear,and exact description thereof, which will enable those skilled in theart to Vmake and use the saine, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, forming part of this specification, in which- .Figure 1 is aside sectional view of my invention, taken in the line :e m, tig. 2.

Figure 2, a plan or top view of'thc same.. l 4

Figure 3, a detached view ,ofl a tooth or share pertaining to thesame.

Figure 4, a side sectional view of thc.same,`taken` in'the line y y,iig. 3. i' Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

This invention relates to a new and improved device for cultivatingcorn, cotton, and' other plants grown in hills or drillSLaInd itconsists of a novel construction and arrangement of parts, hereinafterfully shown andl described, whereby the device is placed under'thecomplete control of the operator, andthe parts rendered.

capable 4of being manipulated with the greatest facility.'

u A represents a. rectangular frame, which is mounted on two wheels, BB, the axles .Gtof'which are of crank form in order to admit of theframe beingv suiliciently elevated, with wheels B of requisite diameter..This

frame, A, -is braced by diagonal rods, a, and a draught-pole, D, isattached to its front end. The frame A hag a transverse bar, b, fittedin it inline with its axles G,.and on the rear part of said frame thedrivers seat E placed and attached in such u. manner that it may beadjusted further forward or'vbaiw'ard" as= desired. 'The rear part ofthe frame A is provided with a top, Ii', to protect the driver from thesun. To the fronteross-barc of the frame A therel are attached,perforated metal plates, al, in which vertical larbors, e, are fitted,the lower ends of thelatter having the frontends of beams G. attached byhiges'or joints, f, which admit of said beams working in a verticaldirection. The arbors e are allowed to turn freely in the plates d d,and hence it will be seen that the beams G have a universal-jointconnection to the front -part of the frame A. -Thebeams G have each ahandle, H, attached to them, and also two standards, I I,one in advanceof the other,'tl1e lower ends of thcstandards being connected by a.horizontal bar, J, te which cnltivator teeth K are attached. The beams GG are retained at a proper height by means ot' chains g, attached toframes It, in lwhich rollers z' are fitted, said rollers working on thecross-bar b of the frame A, and admitting of thebeams G' and teeth Kbeing .moved laterally, as occasion may require, and the shares made topenetrate the earth at a greater or less-depth by taking up or lettingout the chains g. On the rear parts of the. beams G stirrups Lare'secured, to receive thc feet of the driver, in order to move thebeams laterally, and also to serve as handles when the driver preferswalking, the seat E being removed in the latter case. The beams 'G areprovided with lateral pins j, to fit upon brackets c when the beams areto be held up, so that the teeth or shares will be free fromthegrcund'when the device is being drawn from place to place. When largeteethor shares are required,- as shown in figs. 3 and 4, the bars J aredetached from the 'standards I I, and the teeth or shoes'M secureddirectly thereto. N is a doubletree at the rear of the draught-pole D. Afoot-piece, E', is placed on the, brackets 7c, to be used when thedriver adjusts the beams G by the handle H alone..

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as "new, and desire tosecure by Letters Pateut,'s

1, The beams G, attached to the front of the frame A by an adjustableuniversal-joint connection, and suspended by chains near theirirer endsto travelling-rollers?, on the raised cross-bar la of frame A, substan--ielly as ai1d-for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination of the mounted frame A, plough or share-beams G G,and detachable seat E, stirrups".

and foot-piece E., all arranged substantially as and for the purposespecified. A

.. HENRY BARSALOW.

Witnesses p Aenxttns Garment, Anser Gnnuotrr.

